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1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.171, Code 1997, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsections:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. "Agricultural drainage well" means a
1 4 vertical opening to an aquifer or permeable substratum which
1 5 is constructed by any means including but not limited to
1 6 drilling, driving, digging, boring, augering, jetting,
1 7 washing, or coring, and which is capable of intercepting or
1 8 receiving surface or subsurface drainage water from
1 9 agricultural land.
1 10 NEW SUBSECTION. 1B. "Agricultural drainage well basin"
1 11 means an area of land where surface and subsurface water
1 12 drains into an agricultural drainage well, including by a
1 13 drainage system constructed of tile lines, laterals, surface
1 14 inlets, or other improvements which facilitate drainage.
1 15 NEW SUBSECTION. 1C. "Anaerobic lagoon" means the same as
1 16 defined in section 455B.161.
1 17 NEW SUBSECTION. 7A. "Earthen manure storage basin" means
1 18 the same as defined in section 455B.161.
1 19 Sec. 2. Section 455B.173, subsection 13, Code 1997, is
1 20 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
1 21 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. The department shall not issue a
1 22 permit for the construction of an earthen manure storage basin
1 23 or an anaerobic lagoon located within a drainage district,
1 24 established pursuant to chapter 468, which contains an
1 25 agricultural drainage well, or within an agricultural drainage
1 26 well basin.
1 27 EXPLANATION
1 28 This bill amends a provision in Code chapter 455B which
1 29 provides for the issuance of construction permits for animal
1 30 feeding operation structures by the department of natural
1 31 resources. The bill prohibits the department from issuing a
1 32 permit for the construction of an earthen manure storage basin
1 33 or an anaerobic lagoon located within a drainage district
1 34 which contains an agricultural drainage well or within an
1 35 agricultural drainage well basin where surface and subsurface
2 1 water drains into an agricultural drainage well.
2 2 LSB 1613HH 77
2 3 da/cf/24
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